• Berkadia Secures Large Portfolio Refinance

    Berkadia closed $627.2 million in agency financing for Project Raven. Project Raven is a 35-asset seniors housing portfolio with 4,395 independent living, assisted living and memory care units. The portfolio spans 15 states. Austin Sacco, Steve Muth, Garrett Sacco and Alec Rosenfeld handled the financing on behalf of an institutional borrower.... Read More »
  • What Does Brookdale’s Proxy Fight Cost?

    It seems that hardly a day goes by without yet another SEC filing by Brookdale Senior Living detailing why its slate of Board candidates is far better for shareholders than the slate submitted by activist investor Ortelius Advisors. But how much are they spending on this? It would be nice to know, and we are sure shareholders would rather have... Read More »
  • Do We Hear $30 Per Hour as the New Minimum Wage?

    We know we have the People’s Republic of California, and after New York’s Democratic Party primary, we may have the People’s Republic of New York City by November. The surprise winner of the primary was 33-year-old Zohran Mamdani. He is a self-professed Socialist, and more. In addition to free bussing, freezes on apartment rents, higher taxes on... Read More »
  • BMO and TCG Refinance Florida CCRC

    BMO’s Healthcare Real Estate Finance group acted as sole lender on a real estate term loan refinancing for La Posada, a Class-A, 333-unit CCRC in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida. Originally opened in 2014 and with a major renovation and addition completed in 2018, the campus offers independent living (245 units), assisted living (30 units), memory... Read More »
  • The Lenders Roundtable: A Capital Markets Update

    On Thursday, June 26th, Managing Editor of The SeniorCare Investor Ben Swett sat down with a group of expert panelists to dive into the evolving financing process of M&A deals. Panelists included Dave Boitano, EVP & CIO of LTC Properties, Cary Tremper, President & CEO of Tremper Capital Group, and Patrick Gilbreath, Sr. Relationship... Read More »
Capital Funding Group’s Comprehensive Closing in Ohio

Capital Funding Group’s Comprehensive Closing in Ohio

Capital Funding Group (CFG) pulled out all the stops for its latest transaction. It involved Vantage Point Capital’s acquisition of five skilled nursing facilities in Ohio, which Crown Healthcare Group leased concurrently on an arm’s length basis. CFG’s Tim Eberhardt and Erik Howard originated the real estate acquisition financing, which comprised a term loan, with both an A-piece and a B-piece, and a mezzanine loan, which represents about 88% of the transaction costs. CFG participated in the A-piece but funded 100% of both the B-piece and the mezzanine loan. Meanwhile, for the operator, Jeffrey Stein of CFG closed a multimillion dollar working capital line of credit that includes a... Read More »
Garden State Acquisition Gets Financing From Monticello

Garden State Acquisition Gets Financing From Monticello

A large skilled nursing portfolio in New Jersey sold thanks to financing provided by two of Monticello Asset Management’s investment vehicles. The $69 million bridge financing is comprised of $65 million in first lien debt and a $4 million working capital loan, which the borrower expects to refinance with HUD. A New Jersey-based operator was the borrower and brings some experience in acquiring skilled nursing facility, having added eight similar facilities to its portfolio in the past three years. This current acquisition involves four facilities and 654 total beds, including 74 memory care and 60 assisted living units, as well as a 16-bed ventilator unit. Read More »
Meridian Capital Group’s Billion-Dollar Year (So Far)

Meridian Capital Group’s Billion-Dollar Year (So Far)

The team at Meridian Capital Group just hit $1.0 billion in seniors housing and health care financings so far this year. That impressive haul is spread across more than 40 transactions in 16 states. Most recently, the team, led by Ari Adlerstein, Ari Dobkin and Josh Simpson, arranged $36 million in acquisition financing for a 700-bed skilled nursing/assisted living portfolio in Indiana. The same trio also arranged $24 million in acquisition financing for a portfolio of rehabilitation and skilled nursing facilities with 383 beds in Kansas and Nebraska, and a $20 million construction loan for a 124-bed assisted living/memory care community in Florida. Well done! Read More »
SHA Capital Partners (And Partners) Win with Refinance

SHA Capital Partners (And Partners) Win with Refinance

Nearly four years after it acquired a 66-unit assisted living community in Portage, Wisconsin (Madison MSA), SHA Capital Partners’ efforts were rewarded when it refinanced and earned a 30.0% IRR and 2.25x equity multiple for its primary equity partner. When SHA and its partner, Matthews Senior Living, made the 2015 acquisition, the community was operating well enough. Built in 1999 and renovated in 2006, it was 80% occupied (with a 20% Medicaid census) and operated at a 32% margin on about $1.55 million of revenues. Paying $5.3 million, or $80,300 per unit, SHA and Matthews then spent $350,000 to upgrade the common area and hired a new marketing director who brought occupancy up to 100%.... Read More »
BMO Harris Bank Finances Seattle Senior Living Acquisition

BMO Harris Bank Finances Seattle Senior Living Acquisition

A large strategic seniors housing investor teamed up with a regional operator to acquire an assisted living/memory care community in Bellevue, Washington (Seattle MSA). Altum Senior Living will take over management and oversee a renovation to the community. To fund the acquisition and upcoming renovation, BMO Harris Bank’s Commercial Real Estate Healthcare group acted as sole lender of more than $16.7 million in financing. Read More »
Bourne Financial Group Finances Brand-New Community With CBRE

Bourne Financial Group Finances Brand-New Community With CBRE

Aron Will and Tim Root of CBRE successfully refinanced a brand-new memory care community in the central Washington town of Wenatchee. The 48-unit community just received its certificate of occupancy and expects to obtain its licensure shortly. Then, fill-up will commence. The property’s location in downtown Wenatchee, less than a quarter of a mile from one of the top regional hospitals, should help attract residents. It also features a number of high-end amenities, including a spa, solarium and beauty salon. Bourne Financial Group owns the community in a joint venture with operator Cascadia Senior Living. Thanks to CBRE, they received a $9 million floating rate loan, with a five-year term... Read More »
Getting Out of Ohio

Getting Out of Ohio

A publicly-traded REIT and national skilled nursing operator tenant divested a geographical outlier in the state of Ohio with the sale of their 30-unit assisted living community for an undisclosed price. Located in the town of Mansfield (about halfway between Cleveland and Columbus), the community was the tenant’s only assisted living operation in the state, hence the exit. It opened in the 1980s and has consistently been well occupied with stable cash flow, thanks to their enrollment in Ohio’s Assisted Living Waiver Program. Alternative Living Solutions, a local provider, saw the opportunity to expand the community and acquired it with the help of its regional bank lending partner. Ben... Read More »
NIC Takeaways

NIC Takeaways

Record NIC attendance hints at continued investor and lender interest in seniors housing and care. It was yet another record crowd at the NIC Conference, which brings up a point I kept on making. If the headwinds are so strong, on many fronts, why are there still so many more people who want to invest, lend or operate in this business? The simple answer is good returns and an even better future, at some point. What were my takeaways? First, that there is just too much equity capital available. Think about that. Ten, 15 and 20 years ago, that statement would have been laughed at. Second, the skilled nursing sector appears to be primed to turn around before seniors housing. Why? There is... Read More »
CBRE Closes Freddie Mac Green Advantage Loan

CBRE Closes Freddie Mac Green Advantage Loan

The Reliant Group is going green with its latest acquisition in Fresno, California, thanks to financing arranged by Aron Will, Austin Sacco, Andrew Behrens and Jesse Weber of CBRE. Built in 1989 and since then, the target features 200 units of independent living and assisted living spread across seven buildings, including one main three-story building. It is located in an affluent neighborhood of Woodward Park in Fresno and is within two miles of three healthcare facilities. Reliant and its operating partner of the deal, Cadence Senior Living, will execute a significant capital improvements project to upgrade the common areas, units and exterior as well as reduce the property’s... Read More »
HJ Sims Closes Comprehensive Refinance of Maryland CCRCs

HJ Sims Closes Comprehensive Refinance of Maryland CCRCs

HJ Sims was engaged by Asbury Atlantic, Inc. to refinance two of its CCRCs in Maryland with a combination of taxable and tax-exempt financing. Located in Gaithersburg and Solomons, the two communities were already saddled with higher-rate, tax-exempt bonds and other non-callable bonds with a balloon maturity. Sims successfully extended a taxable bank loan that was used to pay the termination fee for a swap that remained outstanding after the underlying bonds were refunded. The team then closed $96.12 million in tax-exempt bonds, which include proceeds to fund capital expenditures and free up operating cash to partially repay the taxable bank loan to make the swap termination payment. The... Read More »